Peer Mentor

Oasis Treatment

  • Portland, Oregon
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    This role blends recovery-based relationship-building with life skills coaching, care coordination, and hands-on support across housing, treatment, and community engagement. Preferred: Experience in behavioral health or recovery housing; bilingual (English/Spanish); familiarity with harm reduction or trauma-informed approaches.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPortland, Oregon

    Description

    About the role

    As a Peer Mentor at Oasis Treatment, you’ll use your lived experience to provide direct support, mentorship, and advocacy. This role blends recovery-based relationship-building with life skills coaching, care coordination, and hands-on support across housing, treatment, and community engagement.


    What you’ll do

    • Maintain a regular caseload of clients and provide one-on-one peer mentorship
    • Lead or co-facilitate recovery-focused groups, life skills sessions, and educational programming
    • Support clients in navigating housing, employment, 12-step and alternative peer supports, and essential services
    • Provide transportation as needed to promote engagement and remove access barriers
    • Communicate regularly with case managers, therapists, and other stakeholders to ensure continuity of care
    • Conduct drug screens in a trauma-informed, respectful manner
    • Maintain timely and accurate documentation in the EHR, in compliance with HIPAA, OARs, and agency standards


    Qualifications

    • Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) or Peer Support Specialist (PSS) in Oregon
    • Minimum of 2 years in recovery with active involvement in a recovery program
    • Self-identify as someone with lived experience of substance use or co-occurring challenges
    • Valid Oregon driver’s license, insured vehicle, and clean driving record
    • Strong communication, boundary-setting, and team collaboration skills
    • Preferred: Experience in behavioral health or recovery housing; bilingual (English/Spanish); familiarity with harm reduction or trauma-informed approaches

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